Man locked in car trunk after robbery

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A man who was pistol-whipped and robbed in San Francisco’s Bayview District Tuesday was locked in his car trunk briefly by his attackers, police said.

Three men around 20 years old attacked the 46-year-old man around 7:15 p.m. at Ingalls Street and Hollister Avenue, said Officer Gordon Shyy, a police department spokesman.

The victim had just gotten out of his parked car near the intersection when one of the robbers approached and hit him with a handgun, Shyy said. Another suspect took his keys. The three men then opened the car’s trunk, stole the victim’s wallet, cell phone and jacket, and locked the man in the trunk.

The man was able to open the trunk from inside by pulling the emergency latch, Shyy said. He saw two of the robbers running from the scene and the third riding away on a bike, police said.

The victim was treated at the scene for a head injury from the handgun. No arrests have been made.